Jesús Emeterio López is a professional baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

 who plays in the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...

 organization. López signed with the Padres as a non-drafted free agent

Free agent

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 on July 3, .

San Diego Padres

In his first professional season, , López split time between the Class-A Fort Wayne Wizards

Fort Wayne Wizards

The Fort Wayne TinCaps are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the San Diego Padres, that plays in the Midwest League. They won their first Midwest League Championship in 2009.-History:...

 and the Short-Season Eugene Emeralds

Eugene Emeralds

The Eugene Emeralds is a minor league baseball team in Eugene, Oregon, United States. They are a short-season Class A team in the Northwest League, and have been a farm team of the San Diego Padres since 2001....

. López batted

Batting average

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 .224 with 14 doubles

Double (baseball)

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

, two triples

Triple (baseball)

In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

, three home runs and 33 RBIs in 95 games. He tied for second on the Emeralds in triples with two.

López played the entire season with the Class-A Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League

Midwest League

The Midwest League is a Class-A minor league baseball league which operates in the Midwestern United States.-History:Six teams – the Belleville Stags, the Centralia Cubs, the Marion Indians, the Mattoon Indians or East Frankfort White Sox, the Mount Vernon Braves, and the West Frankfort...

. He hit .232 with 88 hits

Hit (baseball)

In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....

, 16 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 39 RBIs and 43 walks

Base on balls

A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08...

 in 117 games.

In López split the season between the Class-A Advanced Lake Elsinore Storm

Lake Elsinore Storm

The Lake Elsinore Storm is a minor league baseball team in Lake Elsinore, California, USA. It is a Class A - Advanced team in the California League, and is a farm team of the San Diego Padres. The Storm plays its home games at Lake Elsinore Diamond...

 and the Double-A San Antonio Missions

San Antonio Missions

The San Antonio Missions are a minor league baseball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres major-league club. The Missions play in Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, located in San Antonio...

. With Lake Elsinore, López hit .248 with 84 hits, 13 doubles, two home runs, 38 RBIs and two stolen bases in 99 games. With the Missions López batted .356 with 21 hits, two doubles, one triple and 10 RBIs in 18 games. He went a combined .264 with 105 hits, 15 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 48 RBIs in 117 games.

Spending the entire season with the Double-A San Antonio Missions of the Texas League

Texas League

The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892...

, López hit .232 with 60 hits, 14 doubles, one triple, one home run, 23 RBIs and three stolen bases. At the end of the season López participated in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico

Liga Mexicana del Pacífico

The Mexican Pacific League is a winter minor baseball league in Mexico. The eight-team league's regular season runs from October to December and is followed by a playoff series in January to determine the league champion...

 and currently plays for the Algodoneros de Guasave

Algodoneros de Guasave

The Algodoneros de Guasave are a Mexican baseball team in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico . They play in Guasave in the state of Sinaloa. They won the league championship in 1972....

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External links

• Career stats and bio at Baseball-Reference and Minor League Baseball.